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tyke
1[ tahyk ]
noun
- a child, especially a small boy.
- any small child.
- a cur; mongrel.
- Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor.
tyke
2[ tahyk ]
noun
- Australia and New Zealand Informal. a Roman Catholic.
tyke
/ taɪk /
noun
- a dog, esp a mongrel
- informal.a small or cheeky child: used esp in affectionate reproof
- dialect.a rough ill-mannered person
- slang.Also calledYorkshire tyke a person from Yorkshire
- slang.a Roman Catholic
Word History and Origins
Origin of tyke1
Origin of tyke2
Word History and Origins
Origin of tyke1
Example Sentences
There are even car seat mount kits to put the screen on the back of a headrest if your tykes spend a lot of time gaming on the way to grandmother’s house.
The tyke asked the gov his favorite part about being governor.
Supe III, the Namath one and the first one I watched as a little tyke, took care of that.
Soon after the young tyke began collecting presidential memorabilia and other knickknacks.
Bobby lapped a' it so eagerly, yet so daintily, that she added: "He's a weel-broucht-up tyke, Jamie."
"Eh, ye gude-for-naethin' tyke," he said to Bobby, in transparent pretense of his uselessness.
An' look 'ere, if yer want a flag for the revolution, tyke muvver's trahsers an' tie 'em to the corfin.
Was the most utterly shabby, vulgar, mean-looking cur I ever beheld: in one word, a tyke.
To be sure, we call a dog a “tyke,” and to describe any one as a dog is not complimentary, unless qualifications are made.
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